Preview – Hogs Host Georgia in SEC Home Opener

FAYETTEVILLE – The Arkansas women’s basketball team (12-4, 0-1 SEC) will look to get back on the right foot and pick up its first league win, as the Hogs host Georgia (10-4, 1-0 SEC) on Saturday, Jan. 7, at Bud Walton Arena. The game will tipoff at 1 p.m. and will be broadcast on SEC Network.

GAME INFORMATION

Dates: Sunday, Jan. 7
Time: 1 p.m.
Opponent: Georgia
Location: Bud Walton Arena (Fayetteville, Ark.)
Promotions: WBB Alumni Recognition, Educator Appreciation, Campbell’s Food Drive
Watch: SECN
Listen: Razorback Sports Network from Learfield
Arkansas Game Notes
Georgia Game Notes
Live Stats

STORYLINES

• Arkansas women’s basketball dropped its sixth straight SEC opener, falling at Kentucky, 73-63. With the loss, Arkansas is now 1-18 when their first SEC game is on the road
• The Hogs are looking to get back on the right foot after ending the non-conference slate on a four-game winning streak and with its 12 non-conference wins, earn 10+ wins in non-con for the 10th time in program history
• Arkansas hosts Georgia on Sunday, as the Hogs will look to pick up its first SEC win and snap a four-game losing streak to the Bulldogs
• With a win over Georgia, head coach Mike Neighbors will pick up 133 wins at Arkansas, which will be the third most wins by an Arkansas head coach in program history
• Arkansas is 6-38 in the all-time series vs. the Bulldogs with a 3-16 record vs. in games played in Fayetteville
• Taliah Scott leads the Hogs in scoring with 22.3 points per game and is the only player in the SEC to average 20.0+ points per game. She is second in the NCAA in total points with 356 and field goal attempts with 288, just trailing Caitlin Clark, as well as third in 3-point attempts (132), fifth in field goal makes (121), sixth in free throw makes (74) and eighth in points per game
• Saylor Poffenbarger’s presence on the glass has been something to see, as she has established herself as one of the top rebounders in the country. She leads the team and the league in rebounds/game (12.9) and defensive rebounds/game (10.6), as well as has the most steals on the team with 30. Poffenbarger is second in the NCAA in both categories and has pulled down 206 boards in just 16 games
• Poffenbarger broke the school record for individual game rebounds with 23 against Florida State. Those 23 boards is the most pulled down by an NCAA DI men’s or women’s player this season and she has had four games with 19+ boards this year, which is the only time an Arkansas player has had that many 19+ rebound games in their career
• Samara Spencer leads the team with 49 assists. Her 299 career assists is No. 15 on the career list
• A huge factor in the Hogs’ success this season has been Maryam Dauda, who paces the team with 30 blocks
• Makayla Daniels is the highest scoring point guard in school history with 1,623 points, which is the seventh most in school history, while holding a program’s most starts (138) and most games played (138). Daniels was selected on the All-SEC Preseason Second Team, as chosen by the league’s coaches

SCOUTING GEORGIA

• Georgia has commenced the season 10-4 and coming off a win in their SEC opener vs. Texas A&M, in which they took down the Aggies, 54-50
• In the SEC Preseason Polls, the Bulldogs were chosen to finish seventh and ninth in the media and coaches polls, respectively
• The Bulldogs are coming off a successful first year under Coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson, in which the team finished 22-12, 9-7 in the SEC. As a 10th seed in the NCAA Tournament, Georgia defeated No. 7 seed Florida State, 66-54, in the first round and took No. 2 seed Iowa down to the wire in the Iowa City Regional in a 74-66 loss
• Javyn Nicholson leads Georgia with a near double-double behind 16.6 points and 9.8 rebounds per game
• Asia Avinger paces UGA with 63 total assists and is tied for a team’s most 21 steals with Destiny Thompson, who also leads the way with 15 blocks
• Coach ABE has 404 career wins and 19 years of head coaching experience next to her name. She is coming off taking Georgia to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in her first season

HISTORY AGAINST THE BULLDOGS

• Georgia has Arkansas’ number in the all-time series, as the Hogs trail, 6-38
• This year’s game will mark the 45th of the all-time series
• Arkansas is 3-16 vs. the Bulldogs in Fayetteville
• Georgia has a four-game winning streak vs. the Hogs and have a 9-1 edge in the last 10 games. The last time Arkansas beat Georgia was at the 2019 SEC Tournament in an 86-76 feat during the Hogs’ historic run to the championship game. Arkansas has not beaten Georgia in a regular season game since 2015 when Arkansas defeated No. 24/21 Georgia, 54-48, in Fayetteville
• Arkansas lost at Georgia, 71-48, last season. Arkansas trailed by just six with nine minutes left in the game, but the Bulldogs used a 16-0 run in the fourth quarter to silence the Hogs. Poffenbarger had six points, seven rebounds and three assists, while Daniels logged six assists

LAST TIME OUT

• Arkansas could not overcome a slow start at Kentucky in the SEC opener, in which the team scored just 14 points in the first half, dropping the game, 73-63, in Rupp Arena
• Spencer scored a season-high 25 points and added seven rebounds, three assists and two steals. She also drew 10 fouls and went 9-of-14 from the free throw line
• Scott recorded 11 points, three rebounds and two steals
• Carly Keats gave the Hogs a huge spark off the bench, logging 10 points off three triples
• Arkansas held Kentucky 0-for-10 from the 3-point line, marking the second time this season the Hogs have held an opponent to zero made 3-point field goals in a game

UPCOMING

The Hogs will stay at home to host Mississippi State on Thursday, Jan. 11 for an 8 p.m. tipoff at Bud Walton Arena. The game will be broadcast on SEC Network.

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